With a research interest in neuropharmacology and more than 100 journal publications, Alkadhi has been a UHCOP faculty member since 1981 and a member of Rho Chi since 1966.

"I would like to thank the Rho Chi Society, Beta-Omicron Chapter
for the honor of the Teaching Excellence Award," Alkadhi said. "It has been always rewarding to
teach and interact with our wonderful students."

"Receiving the Rho Chi teaching
excellence award is a great honor, especially because it comes from our
students," Wanat said. "This award recognizes all of the hard work put in teaching and
mentoring our students, and is the reason I chose to become a faculty member -
to have a positive impact on our student’s education and in their lives! Thank
you once again to the students at UHCOP, I truly appreciate it!"

Fellow faculty members Elizabeth A. Coyle, Pharm.D., FCCM, BCPS, and Aditi Marwaha, Ph.D., received certificates of recognition as runners-up for the teaching awards.

The 2013 Rho Chi Boblitt Lecture was presented by Stuart T. Haines, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM. Haines serves as Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Services in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, Md., and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Primary Care at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.

From hip-hop pioneers Run DMC's remix of Aerosmith's rock-n-roll classic "Walk This Way" to the "re-imagining" of the Pocahontas tale for the blockbuster film "Avatar," Haines employed a variety of humorous and thought-provoking examples from the world of entertainment in his lecture entitled "Boosting Your Creativity: Mashing Things Up." Haines encouraged students and faculty to be creative and unafraid of failure in searching for a solution to a problem by applying practices, technologies and techniques from one discipline or scenario to a seemingly incongruent discipline or scenario.